• Heard that whistles will be considered contraband next year in Leon County schools.

• I, too, think that some of the comics in the Democrat aren’t funny. I have a solution. I read the ones I like.

• If you have a gun and are shooting it into the air or at someone, you should expect there is a good chance someone will shoot you. This is not complicated.

• I will no longer buy from companies that have their tech support centers outside the U.S.

• Maybe we could get the Iraqi militants to seize and secure our borders.

• Instead of constantly bashing DCF, where is the criticism and outrage at all the “parents” who have children they can’t, or won’t, take care of that creates a need for a DCF?

• Best summertime job: TV weatherperson. Tape a segment on Monday, replay it all week.

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